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About the professorship

Our research covers a wide range of topics, including material characterisation, continuum mechanics with geometric and physical non-linearities, electro-magnetic-mechanical coupling phenomena in solids, micromechanics and multiscale modelling as well as modelling of damage, fracture and fatigue.

In our work, we combine the classical principles of mechanics with materials science and state-of-the-art numerical methods for predicting material behaviour under various conditions. We attach particular importance to the practical applicability of our research results. The close connection between theoretical modelling and experimental mechanics plays a central role in our work.

Our professorship is always striving to push the boundaries of what is possible and to develop innovative solutions for complex mechanical challenges. We invite you to explore our website to find out more about our research projects, teaching programmes, training courses and cooperation opportunities. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information and collaboration.

Welcome to the world of applied mechanics - solid mechanics!

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Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Lampadiusstr. 4
09599 Freiberg

+49 3731 39-2465
sekretariat [at] imfd [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de (sekretariat[at]imfd[dot]tu-freiberg[dot]de)

Research and industry projects

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Illustration zur FE²-Methode
MonolithFE2
MonolithFE² is an open source toolbox for FE² multiscale simulation in Abaqus. It implements the highly efficient monolithic algorithms, but also supports the conventional staggered algorithm.
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Vergleich experimentell gemessener und simulierter Kraft-Verschiebungskurven
Non-local GTN model
A damage mechanics model for describing the failure behaviour of various materials. The regularisation of the model should be emphasised in order to prevent pathological mesh dependency.